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Ronaldo Survives to Final 57; Etcheverry Leads PCA Main Event
The Ballon' D'or (twice). Two World Cup titles. What would a PCA Main Event championship look next to those in the trophy case? And how would Brazil react? There's still a ways to go for it to become...
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Somerville: "Twitch Is the Platform That Poker Needs to Live"
“It’s hard to make poker content fit in hour-long blocks that are meant for an older audience that doesn’t quite get it,” Somerville said. “It’s not a good fit for television. Twitch and livestreaming...
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High-Stakes Report: Return of RugDoctor; Williams Battles Blom?
A vast number of players are competing for big pots and some new faces are among them. “EireAbu” has had the best start into the new year but for Scandinavian stars Viktor Blom and Ola Amundsgard it...
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Russian Wins First $1 Million Spin & Go for Just $5 Buy-In
Players who enter a Spin & Go pay just the posted buy-in (in this case $5) but the jackpot wheels spin to set the prize pool. The three players at the table this time watched the wheels land on...
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Daily 3-Bet: Run Ronaldo Run, Sklansky>Cepheus, Volpe Wins
You can always make suggestions for your own 3-Bet stories in the comments section below the article. In today’s Daily 3-Bet we’ll take a look at Ronaldo making a surprise run at the PCA, David...
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Will Football Legend Ronaldo Become Brazil's Chris Moneymaker?
Both messages ended in the same language: Twitter. “#GoRonaldoPCA” That was the crux of the message. The Latin American Poker Tour president, PokerStars PR and Brazilian social media moguls were...
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Mattar Steals Thunder, Ronaldo Out w/ 24 Left in PCA Main Event
Playing under the lights of the feature table and the buzz of the online live stream, the three-time FIFA World Player of the Year faced a new pressure unlike what he's seen on the pitch. In the end...
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Mayu Roca, Colombia's Top Earning Player in the Final 24
Roca’s live tournament winnings exceed $1.3 million with a large chunk of that --$579,6832 to be exact-- coming from a 4th place finish at the 2014 EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final. Excluding the PCA, Roca...
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888, WSOP.com Share Player Pools; PokerStars in NJ By March?
While Ultimate Poker and Betfair closed its doors in New Jersey last year, two of the three remaining active poker sites in NJ are looking ahead. 888poker NJ and WSOP.com NJ announced yesterday they...
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Daily 3-Bet: Gus Resurfaces, All-In Kitchen, Henson Beats Cloutier
Feel free to make suggestions for future 3-Bet pieces in the comments section below. In today’s Daily 3-Bet we’ll take a look at Gus Hansen investing in new Bridge technology, the All-In Kitchen and...
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Adrian Mateos: "Improve Every Day or They'll Eat You Alive"
Mateos, a 20-year-old from Spain, won the 2013 WSOPE main event in Paris for €1,000,000. At the time, Mateos was just a teenager with an Estrellas Poker Tour title to his name. To get his million euro...
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Chance Kornuth, Kevin Schulz Lead Final Six at PCA Main Event
Kornuth, an experienced live and online grinder who won a WSOP bracelet in 2010, has been in or near the chip lead for seemingly the whole tournament and will start the final table in exactly that...
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Shyam Srinivasan: From Online to Live to Back-to-Back PCA Runs
Last year, Srinivasan grabbed the chip lead on Day 1 and mostly held onto it until he reached the final table. There, Srinivasan’s momentum came to a screeching halt and he was eliminated in 6th...
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Ignat '0human0' Liviu: "Variance Turned Against Me"
The former civil engineering student from Bucharest rang up $2m in profits over 2011/2012, all on his own dime, to become one of the biggest winners in the game at the time. Then, as poker players...
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Daily 3-Bet: Heimiller Time, Unbeatable OFC Computer, Negreanu Tips
You can always make suggestions for future 3-Bet pieces in the comments section below. In today’s Daily 3-Bet we’ll take a look at Dan Heimiller reviving his infamous website, a nearly unbeatable OFC...
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Schulz Outlasts Kornuth, Ventura to Win 2015 PCA for $1.4m
Schulz has consistently cashed in events throughout his career but never had a major title to call his own. That changed tonight. “I’ve been playing for almost 10 years,” he said. “I played my first...
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Pastor and Ventura on Latin America's Rising Poker Tide
This year’s PCA saw an abundance of players from across Latin America. Brazil was the third-most represented country in the main event with 53 players --right after the USA and Canada-- and Argentina...
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Mike 'Timex' McDonald: "I Just Wanted to Get Good at This Game"
Then he won EPT Dortmund in 2008 for $1.3m and became the youngest person ever to win an EPT title. People took notice, obviously, and suddenly McDonald was a "name" in poker worth watching. He...
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Has 'Perfect' Poker Bot Cepheus Really Solved Poker? Not Even Close
The program is called Cepheus and it plays "perfect" Heads-Up Limit Hold'em poker. Mainstream media outlets have jumped on the idea that poker has been "solved" and we've entered the age of the...
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Daily 3-Bet: Azerbaijan FTW, CEOs = Poker Bosses, WPT to GOP
Fire suggestions for future 3-Bet pieces in the comments section below. In today’s Daily 3-Bet we’ll take a look at an Azerbaijanian winning big at the PCA, James McManus chiming in on poker-playing...
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